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Dec 7, 2011

NATO Reform: Key Principles

By Kurt Volker and Kevin P. Green

Ambassador Kurt Volker, senior advisor to the International Security Program and member of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisors Group, and Vice Admiral Kevin P. Green, USN (Ret.), vice president for defense and intelligence for IBM Federal, outlined several key principles for NATO reform in a new issue brief. Download the PDF

NATO Security & Defense
Delivery Truck

Issue Brief

Nov 23, 2011

Prospects and challenges for increasing India-Pakistan trade

By Ishrat Husain

Ishrat Husain, dean and director of the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, Pakistan, authored the latest South Asia Center issue brief titled “Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade.” In the face of massive economic challenges, a burgeoning population, energy and water shortages, and huge and growing numbers of unemployed workers, especially youth, Pakistan […]

India Pakistan

Issue Brief

Nov 21, 2011

A US-EU action plan for supporting democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia

By Danya Greenfield

In advance of the US-EU summit on November 28 in Washington, DC, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Transatlantic Relations Program released “A US-EU Action Plan for Supporting Democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.” In partnership with the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), the Atlantic Council developed an action plan […]

Libya North Africa

Issue Brief

Nov 14, 2011

Egypt’s imperiled transition: Pakistan on the Nile?

By Michele Dunne

A new issue brief by Hariri Middle East Center director Michele Dunne explores the troubled state of Egypt’s democratic transition.

North Africa

Issue Brief

Nov 10, 2011

Iran turns to China, barter to survive sanctions

By Barbara Slavin

“Iran Turns to China, Barter to Survive Sanctions,” by senior fellow Barbara Slavin discusses Iran’s changing trade patterns, its greater dependence on China, India and Turkey, and continuing relationships with Germany and Italy. The brief also discusses the impact of sanctions and measures the United States could take to convince Iran to curb its nuclear […]

China Iran

Issue Brief

Nov 10, 2011

Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges

By Blythe Lyons

The Atlantic Council released an issue brief by Blythe Lyons, nonresident senior fellow of the Energy and Environment Program, entitled: “Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges,” which highlights the issues that were brought to light in the November 2011 workshop. Download the PDF

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
3D Printing

Issue Brief

Oct 17, 2011

Could 3D printing change the world?

By Thomas Campbell, Christopher Williams, Olga Ivanova, and Banning Garrett

Could 3D Printing Change the World? Technologies, Potential, and Implications of Additive Manufacturing explores the technology of AM and its broader implications.

Technology & Innovation

Issue Brief

Sep 21, 2011

US Declaratory Policy and Striking Back in Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

In one of the year’s most poorly understood bit of cyber news, the United States has again announced it may use military force in response to a cyber attack. In a new publication, Jason Healey, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, puts this cyber “declaratory policy” into the proper context, both how it fits […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Sep 15, 2011

How reliable is intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program?

By Barbara Slavin

At a public event on September 15, the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force launched the issue brief How Reliable is Intelligence on Iran’s Nuclear Program? authored by Task Force member Barbara Slavin.

Intelligence Iran

Issue Brief

Sep 13, 2011

Pursuing Cyber Statecraft

By Jason Healey

If the world is going to solve problems of cooperation and conflict in cyberspace, states and non-state actors alike must apply a wider range of tools.  Cyber statecraft will be an important way to discover and implement better set of such tools, writes Jason Healey, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Download the PDF

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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